Space: Here Comes Gemini

The U.S. has not sent a man into space since
May 1963when Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper stayed in orbit for 34 hr.
20 min. Cooper's flight signaled the end of the Mercury program and the
start of the Gemini series of earth orbits in a two-man capsule. Gemini
fell two years behind schedule because of technical problems and
congressional heel-dragging on appropriations. This year the spacemen
hope to make up for lost time: a three-orbit trip is scheduled for
April, a four-day attempt for this summer, and if all goes well, there
will be a week-long spin in space this...